The posteromedial cortical amygdala regulates copulatory behavior, but not sexual odor preference, in the male Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-435

  Maras, P M ^a   Petrulis, A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lesions; olfaction; reproductive behavior; sexual behavior; sexual satiety

Indexed keywords

STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HABITUATION; HAMSTER; MALE; MATING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SATIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRICETINAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MESOCRICETUS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 53249121473     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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